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Sam van Aken
Tree of 40 Fruits
, 2008–2013
240 in. (609.6 cm.)
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Sam van Aken
American, born 1972
Tree of 40 Fruits
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2008–2013
Sam van Aken
Tree of 40 Fruits
, 2008–2013
240 in. (609.6 cm.)
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Medium
grafted fruit tree
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edition of 25
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240 in. (609.6 cm.)
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2013 Benefit and Auction
, Tuesday, May 14, 2013,
Lot 8
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30,000–30,000 USD
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The Tree of 40 Fruit is an ongoing series of 25 unique hybridized fruit trees by contemporary artist Sam Van Aken. Through a process of sculpting by way of grafting and pruning, each tree in this series has the capacity to grow 40 varieties of fruit from the family of stone fruits, including peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and cherry. Blossoming in variegated tones of pink and white in the spring, each tree will reach an approximate size of 20 feet tall with a canopy of 20 feet.
The Trees of 40 Fruit are allegorical sculptures. Found throughout Western religion, the number 40 symbolizes the infinite, a bounty that is beyond calculation. Like the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, these trees are a potential; they are the beginning of a narrative that transforms the site they are located in. The far-reaching implications of these sculptures include issues of genetic engineering, biodiversity versus food monoculture, and, ultimately, the symbiosis of humankind’s relation to nature. Van Aken’s Trees of 40 Fruit begin a critical dialogue.
One of the most challenging aspects of the work is the planning or envisioning of how each graft, time of blossom, and fruiting will change the aesthetic and balanced quality of the tree. It is at this point that the process becomes sculptural. In speaking of his project, Sam Van Aken has said: “Nature poses a challenging collaborator. Where a bronze sculpture would provide an easier ally, working with living material can be temperamental. But it is this living quality that I feel gives the tree its greatest impact and potential.”
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